My concern is that it has been way too easy. I worry that these Iraqi bad guys have enough American uniforms that they are hiding in town and then will attack our guys from within OR Sadam has the whole town wired to blow up thinking he can blame the US once it implodes.
This has not been "easy" by any stretch. Low number of casualties for coalition forces? Yes. Rapid advance? Yes. But not easy. This has been and continues to be a hard, dangerous and stressful mission. Professionals can make extraordinarily difficult tasks appear simple and easy. The finished Golden Gate bridge is elegant, and looks simple; as is the Hoover Dam, etc. But planning and erecting them was anything but.
Pray for our leaders and soldiers to continue to have clarity of mind and God's steadying hand on the conduct of their actions.
I worry that these Iraqi bad guys have enough American uniforms that they are hiding in town and then will attack our guys from within OR Sadam has the whole town wired to blow up thinking he can blame the US once it implodes.
I believe CENTCOM has lots of HumInt (on the ground and in the city intelligence, gathered and transmitted by people) about the conditions "in Baghdad." Advances will be incremental in nature; and as with the complete war effort, made to look easier than they actually are. No doubt, the Special Republican Guard and Saddam loyalists will put up a fight, the degree of fight remaining is not known. No doubt they will use dirty tricks, civilians as shields, blowing up their civilians, fighting from shrines, etc. CENTCOM has demonstrated its ability to adapt to tactics.
I understand the concern about a possible nuke in the city. That concern is in the back of my mind too. But we have been trying to get to certain people in Iraq (scientists, etc.), have probably been successful in that effort, and have also been pretty good at pinpoint efforts to mitigate risks before we move a mass of forces forward.